This is an analysis of the poem Anchor Song that begins with:
Heh! Walk her round. Heave, ah heave her short again!
Over, snatch her over, there, and hold her on the pawl.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcccdDX efefaceXc Xbcbgceec ehghgciidDc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,9,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110101 1010101110101 1111111111 10101011111 11111111110111 1111101110111 1011101 10111111 01101010 10101010 1110101011101110 11011110111 1110101100111 1111001010101 110111011101 11111111010101 1010101011111 1010111 1010101 1111001001010001 11011110100 1000101110101 111111010101 11101001111 11111101011101 1011101110101 1010111 1110111 111010101010101 1111111010101 1101101110101 1101001110101 10111010111 11111101010111 1010111010101 1011101 00100101 11101010 10101010 111110101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 527
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, heave, you, your, to, mother, carey, on, sick are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word heh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines carey is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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